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This is a list of largest United Kingdom employers. There are four main kinds of employer, * public sector bodies * public listed companies (plc) such as those on the
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* private companies (ltd), partnerships (often LLP) or other traders * charitable sector organisations


Public sector employers

Partial statistics for public bodies are available from the
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. As of September 2018, public sector employees represent 16.5% of all people in paid work, with the remaining 83.5% employed in the private sector.


Public listed company employers

Statistics are available on an ad hoc basis from public company annual reports. Currently Tesco and Compass Group are the largest plc employers.


Private company employers

Statistics on staff numbers were compiled in the ''
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'' "Top Track 100" of private companies for 2012.Se
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' (24 June 2012) Sunday Times The three largest private employers in that list were
John Lewis Partnership The John Lewis Partnership plc (JLP) is a British company which operates John Lewis & Partners department stores, Waitrose & Partners supermarkets, its banking and financial services, and other retail-related activities. The privately-held pub ...
,
Swire Group Swire Group () is a Hong Kong- and London-based British conglomerate. Many of its core businesses can be found within the Asia Pacific region, where traditionally Swire's operations have centred on Hong Kong and mainland China. Within Asia, ...
and
Alliance Boots Alliance Boots GmbH was a multinational pharmacy-led health and beauty group with corporate headquarters in Bern, Switzerland and operational headquarters in Nottingham and Weybridge, United Kingdom. The company had a presence in over 27 co ...
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See also

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UK labour law United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. People at work in the UK can rely upon a minimum charter of employment rights, which are found in Acts of Parliament, Regulations, common law and equit ...
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UK company law The United Kingdom company law regulates corporations formed under the Companies Act 2006. Also governed by the Insolvency Act 1986, the UK Corporate Governance Code, European Union Directives and court cases, the company is the primary lega ...
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FTSE 100 The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, also called the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the "Footsie" , is a share index of the 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange with (in principle) the highest marke ...
and
FT 30 The FT 30 (''FT Ordinary Index'' or ''FTOI'', not "FTSE 30") is a now rarely used index that is similar to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. As an index of stocks to represent the real trends on the market, the FT 30 has been superseded by the FTS ...
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List of UK trade unions This is a list of trade unions in the United Kingdom formed under UK labour law. The criteria for being an independent trade union, free from employer influence and domination, are set out in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act ...
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List of German companies by employees in 1938 This is a list of the largest companies of Nazi Germany by employees in 1938. Companies by employees The list is based on Fiedler (1999a, 1999b), who compiled data from a variety of sources. Given the shortage of historical employment data some ...
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List of German companies by employees in 1907 This is a list of German companies by employees in 1907. The largest 127 companies of the German Empire in 1907 accounted for 7.8 percent of all employees in the German Empire; excluding railways and state-owned enterprises the share was only 3.6 ...
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List of private equity firms Below is a list of notable private-equity firms. Largest private-equity firms by PE capital raised Each year Private Equity International publishes the PEI 300, a ranking of the largest private-equity firms by how much capital they have raised for ...
* List of corporate scandals


Notes

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